PORT DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY. =========+===========+===========+===========+=============+====== | Mean | Absolute | Absolute | Rainfall |Number |Temperature| Maximum | Minimum | | of Month +----+------+----+------+----+------+-----+-------+ Rainy | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | Ins.| ~Mm.~ |Days ---------+----+------+----+------+----+------+-----+-------+------ January |84·4|~29·1~|93·6|~34·3~|73·0|~22·8~|15·85|~402·6~| 23 February |83·5|~28·6~|93·9|~34·3~|73·4|~23·0~|13·77|~374·8~| 14 March |84·6|~29·3~|91·4|~33·0~|71·0|~21·7~|10·10|~258·5~| 26 April |84·4|~29·1~|97·8|~36·5~|69·2|~20·7~| 4·36|~110·6~| 6 May |81·5|~27·5~|95·2|~35·1~|66·6|~19·2~| 1·04| ~26·6~| -- June |78·7|~25·9~|92·4|~33·5~|59·9|~15·5~| 0·08| ~1·7~| 3 July |76·8|~24·9~|88·1|~31·2~|58·6|~14·8~| 0·01| ~0·3~| -- August |79·3|~26·3~|92·0|~33·3~|63·7|~17·6~| 0·12| ~3·0~| -- September|82·8|~28·2~|94·1|~34·5~|67·9|~19·9~| 0·43| ~10·9~| 1 October |85·7|~29·8~|96·7|~35·9~|72·4|~22·4~| 2·19| ~54·5~| 8 November |86·0|~30·0~|97·0|~36·1~|72·4|~22·4~| 5·21|~132·2~| 4 December |85·5|~29·7~|95·4|~35·2~|73·7|~23·2~|10·27|~260·4~| 16 =========+====+======+====+======+====+======+=====+=======+====== The climate of the tropical portion of Western Australia will be sufficiently indicated by the following table for Wyndham, in lat. 15° 27′ S. =========+============+============+============= Month |Mean Monthly|Mean Monthly|Mean Rainfall | Maxima | Minima | Monthly +-----+------+-----+------+----+-------- | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ |Ins.| ~Mm.~ ---------+-----+------+-----+------+----+-------- January | 98·0|~36·7~| 78·8|~26·0~|5·32|~134·7~ February | 98·7|~37·0~| 78·7|~25·9~|4·24|~106·8~ March | 98·2|~36·8~| 79·4|~26·3~|4·02|~102·8~ April | 98·1|~36·7~| 76·8|~24·9~| Nil May | 93·1|~34·0~| 71·2|~21·8~| Nil June | 89·1|~31·8~| 67·7|~19·8~|0·15| ~3·8~ July | 88·7|~31·5~| 62·8|~17·0~| Nil August | 91·8|~33·2~| 66·8|~19·3~| Nil September| 97·0|~36·1~| 74·0|~23·3~|0·04| ~1·2~ October |100·3|~37·9~| 78·9|~26·0~| Nil November |101·3|~38·5~| 80·3|~26·8~|4·32|~109·4~ December |100·1|~37·8~| 80·4|~26·9~|2·47| ~62·3~ =========+=====+======+=====+======+====+======== The total annual rainfall here only amounts to 20·54 ins. (521·8 mm.); and Freemantle, in lat. 32° S., on the coast, only receives 28·15 ins. (715 mm.); and Coolgardie, far in the interior, but 7·18 ins. (181·7 mm.); but the temperature records of neither of the two last-mentioned places quite entitles them to be considered in the light of hot countries.